In the Mood for Love (Criterion Collection) - DVD

Seven-disc set includes As Tears Go By (1988)The directorial debut of filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai, this crime drama blends what would become his trademark lyricism and romance with the Hong Kong action style. Tough Triad hood Wah (Andy Lau) finds himself torn between loyalty to his trouble-prone pal and partner Fly (Jacky Cheung) and his attraction to ailing cousin Ngor (Maggie Cheung), who offers Wah a way out of his dead-end life. 102 min. In Cantonese with English subtitles. C/Rtg NRC/Rtg Days Of Being Wild (1991)Leslie Cheung is Yuddy, a handsome womanizer in 1960s Hong Kong who reserves his true feelings for the birth mother he never knew. As Yuddy searches for his mother, he woos and abandons a beautiful shopgirl (Maggie Cheung), setting in motion a chain of dramatic confrontations. Writer/director Wong Kar-Wai's emotional character study also stars Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung. 89 min. In Cantonese with English subtitles. C/Rtg NRC/Rtg Chungking Express (1994)At once funny and touching, this comedy/drama of life, love, and take-out food in contemporary Hong Kong follows the barely-connected romances of two city policemen. One man (Takeshi Kaneshiro) pines for his long-gone girlfriend while meeting a mysterious woman in a bar, the other (Tony Leung) becomes the object of obsession for a gamine sandwich shop worker (Faye Wong). Brigitte Lin, Valerie Chow co-star; written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. 102 min. In Chinese with English subtitles. C/Rtg PG-13C/Rtg Fallen Angels (1995)Considered by many to be director Wong Kar-Wai's masterpiece, this unconventional film intertwines two tragic tales of love and redemption a woman in love with a contract killer, and a mute ex-convict who finds himself involved in an awkward romance with a girl named Cherry. Stars Leon Lai Ming, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Michele Reis. 97 min. In Chinese with English subtitles. C/Rtg NRC/Rtg

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Critically acclaimed effort from Wong Kar-Wai, set in Hong Kong in 1962 and centering on newspaper reporter Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung) and executive assistant Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung), two married people who move into the same cramped Shanghai apartment complex. While dining together, they realize that their respective spouses are having an affair behind their backs. This discovery brings Chow and Su closer and, eventually, into their own romantic tryst. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack Cantonese and French DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles English; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; more. In Cantonese and French with English subtitles.